"Although I felt his presence that day and I was actually happy, it was almost unbearable to take family pictures without him.

"I needed this picture more than [the photographer] or anyone could ever know. THIS is my family."

Brandy Angel Photography

Happy couple: Thompson tied the knot with her longterm partneThe picture, posted on Sunday, has been liked 6.7k times and shared more than 600 times.Angel met Thompson through the her not-for-profit organisation 'Be the Change - Brandy Angel Foundation' which takes photos of families with children who have incurable cancers.Thompson was very specific about how she wanted the photo, Angel told the Daily News, and she and photographer Paul Woodward made her dream come true.Incredibly, when Angel came to edit the pictures, there appeared a light in the field behind the couple that never changed shape or colour.

When Angel told Thompson about the strange light she said: "I told you my baby would show up", she told the Daily News.